Midterm Exam

[lockdownmods]

Midterm Exam.

[ Once again, the exam begins with the desks arranged in a perfect circle; one desk for each person that's participating in the program. There are nameplates for everyone, and they have been bolted to each of the desks, facing the inside of the circle...

...including the deceased. Their chairs have been placed on top of their desks, signifying that they will not be needed. Above of their desks are holograms of their portraits from their profiles, grayed out and bloodstained.

Today Han and Vivienne both are at the front of the classroom, but it's Vivienne that finally speaks up. ]


Today is your Midterm exam. Having successfully passed the halfway mark for the semester, today's proceedings will be a little bit different.

You are responsible for finding the culprits responsible for the deaths of Doris and Hank Anderson. You will have several hours to discuss the evidence and your decision. Know that there are two people among these here that bear the responsibility for these events. You will be asked to vote for each. The two with the highest number of votes will receive their punishment.

...Your midterm exam begins now.

Victims.






Suspects.



[ The physical evidence tray sits in the middle of the circle of desks; you all have the Evidence app on your tablets to access photo evidence. ]

Examination START.

links.
Evidence
Profiles
Vote Now

Comments

[pathofconquest]

All I knew I saw outside the storage shed. That hat-- it attacked Mike. I stopped it, but... naturally, at a cost.

It was only when everything calmed down that I heard everything she had done.

[ososoi]

...So just to make this clear...

Did the hat kill Oji-san?

[pathofconquest]

Yeah. And it would have killed Mike too.

I'm not sorry for killing that thing.

[ososoi]

[ ... ]

[ At least Doris payed for her crime, so that's a plus. But now... ]

[ Osomatsu can't even feel all that glad that Doris is dead. ]

[ Two people are going to die. And nothing will bring Ojisan back. ]

[ Osomatsu buries his face in his hands. ]

[ He's just... burnt out. ]

[throwabookatit]

Then- no, for this?! I still- you don't deserve to die for that...that bloody hat, that thing that- that killed Hank!

[ Even if it's not Connor... Rebecca feels awful. ]

[pathofconquest]

There's nothing to regret. Unlike the rest of you I'm a Heroic Spirit-- I've lived my life. And I will return from whence I came.

I would have stopped that thing again, even given the chance to change fate.

[throwabookatit]

They'll be killing you for no reason!

[ But, what are the other options. Connor, Terra, herself?

Selfish. ]

...Damn it. Damn it, I- I won't let this stand.

[pathofconquest]

...you cannot defend the life of Connor if you would deny the life of Doris.

And the others need you all. And who knows-- perhaps one day I will be summoned again.

[haha....haaaa]

[throwabookatit]

I can when they hide that from us, when- when none of us even knew...

[ She's losing this argument. She hates that. ]